Child s guard for vehicle-seats



(No Model.)

P. SCHWARZMILLER. OHILDS GUARD FOR VEHICLE SEATS.

Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

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PHILIP SOHYVARZMILLER, OF ROCHESTER, NEYV YORK.

CHILDS GUARD FOR VEHICLE-SEATS.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,674, dated February 26, 1895.

Application filed October 15,1894. Serial No. 525,931 (No model- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP SOHWARZMIL- LER, of Rochester, in the county of Mon roe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Children's Guards for Vehicles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is a removable and adjustable guard to be used with a vehicle seat to prevent a person, as a child, occupying the'seat from falling or being thrown forward off of the seat. By its use with a carriage or buggy a child may sit safely upon the seat by the side of an adult person without the latter having to exercise care for its safety and without having to carryror hold it as would be necessary under ordinary circumstances.

The invention consists of a bentbar or rod fifteen inches, more or less, in length held in a socket rigidwith the end of the seat so as to be horizontal, and parallel with the front edge of the seat, a little back therefrom and about breast high to the child. When not in use the guard is turned out of the way to a transverse position over the extreme end of the seat.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan of a carriage seat and some associated parts with my invention shown in place. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the carriage body showing the seat and guard in front elevation as indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, parts being omitted. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the guard and a portion of the socket or holder, the latter and the covering for the guard being vertically sectioned, the guard being shown in two positions by full and dotted lines- Fig. 4 is a plan of the guard seen as indicated by arrow in Fig.3. Figs. 5 and 6 show a different fastener for the guard the latter figure being a viewindicated by arrow in Fig. 5. Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive are drawn to a scale larger than that of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the parts shown, A is the body of the carriage or buggy, which may be of any common form and kind, and B the seat. a a and b are the irons for supporting the top which being of common construction and forming no part of my present invention are not here described.

0 is the cushion of the seat, partly broken away to uncover a part of the guard holder.

D is the guard iron or guard proper for securing the child in the seat, which is preferably a round rod bent to a right angle, at c, and made square in cross section, at d, where it enters the socket or holder E. The opposite end, 6, of the guard is free and preferably bent in a direction away from the child, as shown in Fig. 4, and formed with a finishing knob f.

The holder E for the guard is formed with a strap or shank g bent to conform to the inner surface of the end board and the bottom of the seat, as shown in Fig. 2, to which end board and bottom it is rigidly secured by bolts or similar fasteners h. The socket is open at the bottom to allow the contained portion of the guard to slide down through for the purpose of vertically adjusting the guard, as indicated in Fig. 3, to adapt it to the use of children of various growths.

The part (1 of the guard that enters the socket is formed with holes or depressions z to receive the inner end of a fastener for the guard, which may be a thumb screw is as shown in Figs. 3 and at, or a spring catch Z,

shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The thumb screw,

when employed, is of common construction, being threaded through a wall of the socket with its inner end entering an opening i in the guard. The spring catch, which is secured longitudinally upon the outer surface of the socket by a fastener m, is provided with a rigid pin n passing through an opening 0 through the wall ofthe socket to enter a hole c' in the guard, as shown. In the normal positions of the spring and pin the latter occupies a depression 71 to hold the guard in place. When it is wished to shift or remove the guard the spring is pressed back to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6.

When the guard is not in use, as for instance when an adult person occupies that part of the seat, the guard is lifted out of the of the socket admits of thus turning the guard out of the way.

The iron guard may be provided with a covering 1;, Fig. 3, of leather, cloth or other material and the knobf may be, if desired, finished and nickel plated.

By turning the free end of the guard forward as shown and terminating it in a knob or ball it is prevented from injuring the child when getting, or being helped, into the seat back of the guard.

In length the guard is usually made some thing less than half the length of the seat so as to give the adult person occupying the right-hand portion of the seat the use of the major part of the seat. 7

In additon to being aninstrument of safety for a child riding behind it, the guard also constitutes a convenient and comfortable rest for the hands of the child while riding.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a vehicle seat, of a holder secured to one end thereof, provided with a socket, a guard arm for the holder, one end of which is bent substantially at a right angle to the main portion, and means for securing said iron in the socket of theholder, whereby the main portion of the iron edge of the seat or substantially parallel with 0 the end thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,witha holder provided with an angular socket and a brace for securing it to the seat of the vehicle, of a guard iron, one end of which is bent at substantially a right angle to the main portion, and is angular in cross-section, and means for adjustably securing the iron in the socket, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with aholder, provided with a socket and means for-securing it to the seat of a vehicle, of'a guard iron, one end of which is bent at substantially a right angle to the main portion and is provided with holes, and the main portion is provided with a cover and has its tip provided with a knob, and means for engaging with the holes of the bent end of the iron, substantially as set forth. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of October, 1891, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP SOHWARZMILLER.

Witnesses:

ENos B. WHITMORE, M. L. WINSTON. 

